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Spotify Canvas: Increase Your Track Shares by 145%

March 7, 2022

You know when you play a song on Spotify and you see a short looping video? Yeah, that’s a Spotify Canvas. This post is all about creating and uploading a Canvas for your songs on Spotify. I'll go through th... Read More...

Shawn Mendes Is Officially the Biggest Artist on Apple Music In 2018

Marsha Silva

June 7, 2018

Shawn Mendes has been named the biggest artist on Apple Music this year — thanks to more than one billion streams. Shawn Mendes’ recently-release, self-titled album was smashing records immediately after its... Read More...

VKontakte: Enemy of the Music Industry No More?

Charlotte Hassan

July 21, 2016

Russian badboy VKontakte is going legit. Russia’s largest social media platform, Vkontakte, is now cooking plans to release a paid music streaming service. The first word emanated from the Moscow Times, with... Read More...

Deezer Finally Launches In the US…

Charlotte Hassan

July 19, 2016

Deezer launches in the US, stiffening competition in the music streaming market. The French music streaming service, Deezer has finally launched in the US, increasing competition in the already crowded music... Read More...

And the Latest Apple Music Exclusive Is Coming from…?

Charlotte Hassan

July 19, 2016

Rapper Travis Scott signs deal with Apple Music... A week ago, Travis Scott posted an Instagram picture of himself and Apple Music's Head of Content, Larry Jackson. The image was captioned 'done deal,' whic... Read More...

Apple Is Fixing One of the Biggest iTunes Complaints…

Charlotte Hassan

July 18, 2016

Apple Music brings you iTunes Match. According to The Loop, Apple is now using iTunes Match audio fingerprinting for its streaming service. Longtime iTunes users have heard of Match, though the new version ... Read More...

Guess Whose Song Apple Music Has Bagged As An Exclusive…

Charlotte Hassan

July 15, 2016

Katy Perry releases latest single 'Rise' on the streaming platform just in time for the Olympics... Apple Music’s latest artist exclusive comes from Katy Perry, with her latest single 'Rise'. The song will ... Read More...

Just Three Albums Have Sold Over 1 Million Units This Year

Charlotte Hassan

July 13, 2016

Three million-selling albums by three different artists... According to Nielsen Music's mid-year report, only three albums have sold over 1 million units so far this year: Adele: 25; Drake: Views; and Beyonc... Read More...

Why I’m Totally Unimpressed With SoundCloud Go

Charlotte Hassan

July 8, 2016

What's the real difference between SoundCloud and SoundCloud Go? The answer to that question is a big, big problem for SoundCloud. Prior to SoundCloud launching its paid subscription service, SoundCloud G... Read More...

SoundCloud’s ‘Stations’ Feature Just Got Interesting…

Charlotte Hassan

July 7, 2016

But will this be enough to convert SoundCloud's 175 million users to its paid subscription service, ‘SoundCloud Go’? Earlier in the year, SoundCloud announced the addition of a stations feature. Now, the st... Read More...

90+% Of Netflix Users Would Rather Pay Than See Ads

Charlotte Hassan

June 23, 2016

Why can't Spotify be more like Netflix? A study was conducted on user attitudes towards price inclines and increased ads on Netflix. Specifically, the focus was on what effect this would have on the number ... Read More...

6 Months Later, Adele Gives Her Album To Streaming Services

Charlotte Hassan

June 23, 2016

Now that the real money's been made... Adele has never been a fan of music streaming services and has admitted that she doesn't use streaming services herself. Instead, she prefers to buy physical CDs or do... Read More...

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After a Brief Shocker by Apple Music, Spotify Regains Supremacy in the US-Based Subscriber Race. Here’s the Latest DSP Subscriber Data for H1 2026.

You Wrote the Music. Who Gets the Value? A Special Interview With One of the Most Influential Figures In Music Publishing

Spotify Canvas: Increase Your Track Shares by 145%

Shawn Mendes Is Officially the Biggest Artist on Apple Music In 2018

VKontakte: Enemy of the Music Industry No More?

Deezer Finally Launches In the US…

And the Latest Apple Music Exclusive Is Coming from…?

Apple Is Fixing One of the Biggest iTunes Complaints…

Guess Whose Song Apple Music Has Bagged As An Exclusive…

Just Three Albums Have Sold Over 1 Million Units This Year

Why I’m Totally Unimpressed With SoundCloud Go

SoundCloud’s ‘Stations’ Feature Just Got Interesting…

90+% Of Netflix Users Would Rather Pay Than See Ads

6 Months Later, Adele Gives Her Album To Streaming Services

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